Macintosh: Installing PostScript Type 1 Fonts
Macintosh: Installing TrueType Fonts
Macintosh: Installing OpenType Fonts
PC: Installing PostScript Type 1, TrueType and OpenType Fonts
ITC typefaces have been carefully prepared to meet the highest technical and creative standards, thus ensuring that the integrity of the original type design is maintained both on-screen and on the printed page. Our PostScript Type 1 fonts are hinted and fully compatible with Adobe Type Manager (ATM), and our TrueType fonts have been constructed and hinted in accordance with Apple Computer’s and Microsoft’s TrueType specifications. Each ITC typeface contains an extensive character set, which may include non-standard characters such as ligatures and alternates. In addition, the character metrics and extensive kerning pairs for each font have been carefully constructed to allow for precise character spacing.
Prior to installing the fonts, you will need to decompress the file you downloaded. The file will have a unique file name followed by a suffix or file extension. The file extension will differ depending on the format and platform of the font.
- Mac PostScript and TrueType files end in “.hqx”
- Windows PostScript and TrueType files end in “.zip.”
- Macintosh and Windows OpenType files end in “.zip.”
For Mac users: Macintosh users require StuffIt Expander from Aladdin Systems to decompress the files. This utility is bundled with all of the major browsers, so it may already be on your computer. If you do not have this free utility, you may download it from Aladdin. Once you’ve located the Stuffit Expander utility, simply drag and drop the .hqx package onto the expander and it will be decoded and decompressed automatically.
For PC users: To decompress the files, you will need the WinZip utility. If you don't already have WinZip, you can download the free Evaluation version at http://www.winzip.com. If you are not sure how to use WinZip, there is a Help button on the WinZip interface to assist you. Once WinZip is installed, double click on the .zip font file to launch WinZip. Click Extract. Type in “itcfonts” after the c:\ . Click Extract. The font should be in a folder named “itcfonts” on the C drive
After decompressing the font package, you will either receive both a PostScript Type 1 and TrueType version of the font or an OpenType version of the font (depending on what you ordered). For those receiving both the PostScript and TrueType versions, it is only necessary to install one version. We recommend that you install the PostScript Type 1 font if you use Adobe Type Manager software and print to PostScript output devices. If you use fonts primarily in Microsoft applications (Microsoft Office, etc.) or are installing fonts for the first time, we recommend that you install the TrueType font.
This page explains how to install PostScript, TrueType, and OpenType fonts for both Mac and PC. We assume you are familiar with basic computer operations, such as clicking and dragging, using menus, and moving icons. If you are unfamiliar with any of these operations, please refer to your operating system user guide. Before installing your ITC fonts, we would like to encourage you to make one backup copy of your font and store it on a CD, external hard drive or other removable media. Should you experience a problem, we have included a troubleshooting page that outlines common font problems.
Macintosh: Installing PostScript Type 1 Fonts
PostScript fonts consist of two parts: a screen font (also known as a bitmap font) and a printer font (also known as an outline font). Although the screen and printer fonts are separate files, they are related. You must install at least one size of a screen font for that font to appear in the font menu of your applications. Each ITC font also includes an Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file. This is a text file that contains character metric and kerning information that is used by some applications to determine character spacing. Most applications can retrieve metrics and kerning information from the screen font suitcase and do not need this file. Do not install this file unless your application requires it.
Before these fonts can be installed, they must de-compressed using a software product called “Stuff-It”. All MAC files that are downloaded from the web site are in a .hqx format (Compressed).
If Stuff-It Expander is needed, you can download a FREE Version at http://www.stuffit.com/expander
NOTE: Please back up all your fonts to prevent Replacement charges!
Save the file to your desktop, and unstuff the file on to your desktop. If you get a CA Unpacker, the double click on it, and select the Desktop, and click “Put software here”.
Installing Fonts on System 9 or below:
- Open up the hard disk
- Open up the System folder
- Open up the fonts folder
- Highlight and drag the screen font (Suitcase with “A” on it) and the printer font (not the .AFM file) into the FONTS folder.
Installing Fonts on System X Operating System:
- Open up The Hard Disk
- Open Up the Library Folder
- Open up the Fonts Folder
- Highlight and drag the screen font (Suitcase with “A” on it) and the printer font (not the .AFM file) into the FONTS folder.
Macintosh: Installing TrueType Fonts
ITC TrueType suitcases contain the suffix “LET” or “TT” in the suitcase name to distinguish them from PostScript versions of the same typeface and to make TrueType font identification easier. These suffixes will appear in the font menu of any application using ITC TrueType fonts.
- Open your font’s TrueType folder.
- Drag the TrueType font suitcase onto the System Folder icon on your hard disk. Note: If you attempt to drag a font suitcase onto the System Folder icon while an application is open, a message appears, asking you to close any open applications. Click OK, quit any open applications, and repeat step 2.
- A message appears, telling you that fonts must be installed in either the System file (System 9.0.x or below). Click OK.
Macintosh: Installing OpenType Fonts
- The file you download from ITCFonts.com will end with a “.exe” extension.
- Drag this file over the StuffIt Expander application to uncompress the file. (Double-clicking the .exe file may not uncompress the file; you will likely need to use StuffIt Expander). If you do not have a copy of StuffIt Expander, you can download it for free here.
- This should produce a new uncompressed folder. Open the folder.
- Drag the font file (the file that ends in .OTF) into your fonts folder.
To access your fonts folder on OS X, open your hard disk and the Library folder inside. The Fonts folder is inside the Library folder.
To access your fonts folder on OS 9 or earlier, open up the hard disk and the system folder inside. The fonts folder is inside the system folder.
Removing Fonts
-To remove a screen font or a TrueType font under System 7.1.x or later, start by double-clicking the Fonts folder icon (inside the System folder) to open it. Then drag the font icon(s) out of the Fonts folder window and into another folder or the Trash. Close the Fonts folder.
-To remove a screen font or a TrueType font under System 7.0.x, start by double-clicking the System file icon (inside the System folder) to open it. Then drag the font icon(s) out of the System file window and into another folder or the Trash. Close the System file.
-To remove a PostScript printer font under System 7.0.x, start by double-clicking the Extensions folder (inside the System folder) to open it. Then drag the font icon(s) out of the Extensions folder and into another folder or the Trash. Close the Extensions folder.
-To remove a PostScript printer font under System 7.1.x or later, start by double-clicking the Fonts folder (inside the System folder) to open it. Then drag the font icon(s) out of the Fonts folder and into another folder or the Trash. Close the Fonts folder.
NOTE: Some of the Fontek display typefaces, especially DesignFonts, are very ornate and may contains a large number of control points in the font outlines. If you are using Type 1 fonts and are having trouble printing, you might try using the TrueType version of the font. This is because of differences in the way that the two formats are downloaded to your printer.
Managing Fonts with Suitcase, MasterJuggler, and ATM
ITC typefaces are fully compatible with Symantec’s Suitcase, Alsys’ MasterJuggler, and Adobe System’s ATM and ATM Deluxe, utilities for managing and installing fonts. To install and manage ITC typefaces with these utilities, please check their respective user guides.
PC: Installing PostScript Type 1, TrueType and OpenType Fonts
Installing PostScript Type 1 fonts
If you have Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000 ME, you will need to install that font using Adobe Type Manager.
If you don’t have Adobe Type Manager, you can download a FREE “lite” version here. This is how the font should be installed using Adobe Type Manager.
- Launch Adobe Type Manager
- On right hand side under “Source”, point to where the font files live. Example: c:\itcfonts
- If the fonts live in c:\itcfonts, point to that folder, and double click on the font folder.
- The font should now appear in the window.
- Highlight the font and click on ADD.
- This will install the font and be available in all Windows applications.
Installing TrueType, Postscript and OpenType Fonts using Windows XP
or 2000 Pro
ITC TrueType fonts use the extension “TTF” in file names to distinguish them from PostScript versions of the same typeface and to make TrueType font identification easier. To install TrueType fonts in Windows, the following steps should be taken;
- Go into Windows by going to START, SETTINGS, CONTROL PANEL.
- Double click on the FONTS folder
- Go to FILE, and down to “Install New Fonts”.
- Point to where the de-compressed TrueType font files live (C:\itcfonts)
- Highlight the font and click on OK. This will install the font
Note: A printer icon appears to the left of a font name in the font menu of any application using PostScript Type 1 fonts; “TT” appears to the left of a font name in the font menu of any application using TrueType fonts.
Fontek File Naming Conventions
Some of the filenames in the Fontek portion of the ITC type library consist of 11 characters: five characters followed by three underscores, followed by a three-character extension. The first five characters of the outline printer font, True Type font, and font metrics files for a given typeface are always the same; their extensions are different. For example, the following filenames are font files for the Aquitaine Initials typeface:
71678___.PFB Type 1 outline font
71678___.TTF True Type font
71678___.AFM Font Metric file
71678___.PFM Microsoft Windows metrics file
71678___.INF Font information file for DOS
Refer to the PC file name document to match specific typeface names to their corresponding PC filenames.